Susanna Hill’s Thanksgiving Writing Contest!

Author Susanna Leonard Hill is having a Thanksgiving writing contest where you could win an Amazon gift card or a book!

What you have to do is post your 250 (or fewer) word kids’ Thanksgiving story, beginning with “They were supposed to go to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving, but the blizzard came in fast…” My entry is below! Please visit Ms. Hill’s website for all the details HERE.

Hope you like what I wrote!

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by Erik – Age 9 (well, almost 10)

They were supposed to go to Grandma’s for Thanksgiving, but the blizzard came in fast. They were sixty minutes into the trip up the turnpike. The snow whipped around so hard they could barely see out the windows.

Sqeee kathunk squeeeee ka…thunk…squeeeeeee. The windshield wipers were freezing to the windshield!

The car slipped and slid another two miles through the thick snow along the deserted road and then, it broke down.

34 replies

Erik – I am so glad you entered the contest! Your story is terrific and made me laugh out loud – a great way to start the day 🙂 You write really well – I’m impressed. Your details are wonderful, and I loved the ending – I was expecting a rescue, but not from Granny! Did you enter the link to this specific post in the link list on my blog? If not, let’s make sure either you or I put it in. I don’t want anyone to miss your story!!!

Erik – your URL is too long – it can’t be more than 100 characters. I’d like to link directly to this post, not just to your blog, because if you post again the story won’t be on top and will be hard for people to find. Any chance you can shorten the post title?